There may be part of the issue too, "professionals" will want to fire a ton of rounds to be sure their gun is reliable with them. I understand that most of us can't afford to blow through 500 rounds of jhp's though and those that carry a gun for a living are going to be given their ammo. Personally I'd try to shoot through 200 rounds of jhp's before I decided the gun liked that flavor, especially a model known for being as picky as a 1911. Ymmv and all that, not trying to say "you've got to do it this way" as much as I'm trying to pass on the majority opinion on it.

Perhaps in the future you can load your own gold dots and make it a bit more affordable to test and carry.

There may be part of the issue too, "professionals" will want to fire a ton of rounds to be sure their gun is reliable with them. I understand that most of us can't afford to blow through 500 rounds of jhp's though and those that carry a gun for a living are going to be given their ammo. Personally I'd try to shoot through 200 rounds of jhp's before I decided the gun liked that flavor, especially a model known for being as picky as a 1911. Ymmv and all that, not trying to say "you've got to do it this way" as much as I'm trying to pass on the majority opinion on it.

Perhaps in the future you can load your own gold dots and make it a bit more affordable to test and carry.

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Yup, I always try to shoot at least 200 of whatever I'm going to carry without a single malfunction. My 1911 liked silvertips, I got 'em cheap so they worked.

I was looking at loading my own in .45 for testing purposes, load to the same OAL as Speer. But instead just bought GD's from Georgia Arms.